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Brazil’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, ousted as Senate cast Impeachment Vote

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 id&equals;"headline" class&equals;"headline">Rousseff out&comma; Temer in<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0303&semi;">Dilma Rousseff&comma; 68&comma; removed as Brazil’s President in Impeachment Vote<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0303&semi;">The Senate votes 61 to 20 to convict <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0303&semi;">Ms&period; Rousseff on charges of manipulating federal budget in an effort to conceal nation’s mounting economic problems<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0303&semi;">Vice President Michel Temer launches successful power grab&comma; ending 13 years rule by the left leaning Workers’ Party<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0303&semi;">Temer&&num;8217&semi;s centrist Democratic Movement Party&comma;  benefited as much as Rousseff&&num;8217&semi;s Workers’ Party from Brazil&&num;8217&semi;s rampant graft and illicit campaign financing<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0303&semi;">Rousseff was suspended in May to face trial<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"story-body-supplemental">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"story-body story-body-1">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"promo media video lede layout-large-horizontal "><figcaption class&equals;"caption">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"caption-video">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"summary-credit">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"4d0vmuZI6HM" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;4d0vmuZI6HM" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;4d0vmuZI6HM&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;4d0vmuZI6HM&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Brazil&&num;8217&semi;s 81-member Senate&comma; Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff&comma; the country&&num;8217&semi;s first female president&comma; for the rest of her term &comma; which ends mid to late 2018&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00ML5AGRY&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00ML5AGRY&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;0c757a431ec06cf065680c62cf5224fc"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00ML5AGRY&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00ML5AGRY" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00ML5AGRY&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00ML5AGRY&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;b74a94d7f5b25d51ade166311b16cfa7">Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ice Blue Dial Platinum Mens Watch 116506IBLSO<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00ML5AGRY" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;This was the the culmination of a protacted power face-off between a leader accused of arrogance and procedural <span class&equals;"headword"><span class&equals;"hw">misdemeanours <&sol;span><&sol;span>by her opponents and protagonists&comma; many of whom are deeply emeshed in the current  graft and campaign finance scandals in Brazil&period; Ironically Ms Roussef harself has never been accused of enriching herself ilegally&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The power struggle and impeachment process which commenced with Rousseff&&num;8217&semi;s  suspendin May to face trial&comma; has consumed the nation for months and toppled one of the hemisphere’s most powerful political parties&comma; the left leaning Worker&&num;8217&semi;s Party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-65477" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;brazil&lowbar;s-president-dilma-rousseff-testifying-at-her-own-impeachment-trial-in-brasc3adlia-monday2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Brazil’s president&comma; Dilma Rousseff&comma; testifying at her own impeachment trial&comma; in Brasília&comma; Monday2" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1152" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><strong>President Dilma Rousseff defends&comma; Monday herself before the Senate&comma; during her impeachment trail<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">By a majority of 61 to 20&comma; the Senate voted to convict Ms&period; Rousseff on charges of manipulating the federal budget in an effort to conceal the nation’s mounting economic problems&period; The ouster itself is seen as less of a judgment of guilt on any charge&comma; It was rather a verdict on her highhanded leadership style and the price of overseeing the slipping fortunes of Latin America’s largest country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00HK8BW2A&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00HK8BW2A&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;aaf49bf89c62c8f6b22480ab60d46b0b"><img class&equals;" alignleft" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00HK8BW2A&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00HK8BW2A" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00HK8BW2A&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00HK8BW2A&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;89d498248cd468df4f8cd80f71beb0e4">Callaway Men&&num;8217&semi;s Strata Ultimate Set &lpar;18-Piece&comma; Right&rpar;<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00HK8BW2A" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Brazil&&num;8217&semi;s sweeping public sector corruption scandals&comma; the worst economic crisis in decades and the government’s tone-deaf responses to the souring national mood opened Ms&period; Rousseff to withering scorn&comma; leaving her with little support to fend off a power grab by her political rivals&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She lacked it all&comma;” said Mentor Muniz Neto&comma; a writer from São Paulo who described Ms&period; Rousseff’s final ouster as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;death foretold&comma;” asserting that she lacked charisma&comma; competence and humility&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We deserved better&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;To her many critics&comma; the impeachment was a fitting fall for an arrogant leader at the helm of a political movement that had lost its way&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rousseff found herself increasingly isolated in recent months&comma; with many in her party quietly withdrawing their support&period; But some in the party defended Ms&period; Rousseff as she made her last-ditch effort before the Senate this week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You veered from the narrative when you were elected president of the republic as a woman&comma; from the left&comma; a former militant against the dictatorship&comma; without a husband to pose by your side in the photographs&comma;” said Regina Sousa&comma; a Workers’ Party senator from Piauí in northeast Brazil&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-66380" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;paul-temer2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Paul Temer2&period;jpg" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"532" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Friends now protagonists&period; Former Vice President and Acting Preisident&comma; Michel Temer steps in&period; Opponents have accused he and his supporters of stage managing the &&num;8216&semi;coup&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">You never fit in the cute little dress designed by the conservative elite of this country&comma;” Ms&period; Sousa added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Heated tempers marked the trial in the Senate&period; Crying as she spoke&comma; Janaína Paschoal&comma; the law professor who was an author of the impeachment request&comma; said she had been inspired by God and that she was seeking impeachment for the good of Ms&period; Rousseff’s grandchildren&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ms&period; Rousseff’s lawyer&comma; José Eduardo Cardozo&comma; said he was stunned that her opponents had dragged Ms&period; Rousseff’s family into the acerbic debate&comma; pointing out that Ms&period; Rousseff was never accused of embezzling public funds to benefit her family&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you want to condemn her&comma; go ahead&comma; but don’t mock the honor of a dignified woman&comma;” said Mr&period; Cardozo&comma; also crying as he spoke&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ms&period;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;31&sol;suspended-brazilian-president-dilma-rousseff-faces-down-her-detractors-coup-plotters-as-senate-weighs-impeachment-her-supporters-riot-in-the-streets&sol;"> Rousseff and her supporters call her ouster a coup <&sol;a>that undermines Brazil’s young democracy&period; Thirteen straight years of governing by the leftist Workers’ Party&comma; an era during which Brazil’s economy boomed&comma; lifting millions into the middle class and raising the country’s profile on the global stage&comma; scince the days of former president&comma; Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva&comma; came to a whimpering halt&comma; wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00HUIC0RG&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00HUIC0RG&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;5b2d3baab967bb825390d1160cf0010c"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00HUIC0RG&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00HUIC0RG" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00HUIC0RG&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00HUIC0RG&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;d1ff57f48c62f3a018e66d7aba3d6a40">Lauren By Ralph Lauren Women&&num;8217&semi;s Zip Front Striped Jacket in Black &sol; White Size XS<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00HUIC0RG" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Some opinions is that her removal may not restore public confidence in Brazil’s leaders&comma; or diminish the corruption that pervades the country’s politics&period; On the contrary&comma; many Brazilians believe&comma; it transfers power from one scandal-plagued party to another&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"story-body-supplemental">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"story-body story-body-2">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Michel Temer&comma; 75&comma; the interim president who served as Ms&period; Rousseff’s vice president before breaking with her this year&comma; is now expected to remain in office until the end of the current term in 2018&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party&comma; the party of the new president &&num;8211&semi; Paul Temer&comma; has been a crucial coalition partner in the Workers’ Party’s government for more than a decade&period; It is also deeply enmeshed in the colossal web of ggovernment and public sector graft schemes under investigation&period;It arguably benefited as much as the Workers’ Party from huge bribes and illicit campaign financing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Since becoming interim president in May&comma; Mr&period; Temer has had approval<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0155OD1ME&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0155OD1ME&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;6f80ef90fa36104c88b26dd7ce9f3de3"><img class&equals;" alignleft" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B0155OD1ME&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0155OD1ME" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0155OD1ME&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0155OD1ME&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;0aa7f8d31953bdc2f5d3933c41d2156d">Apple iPad Pro &lpar;128GB&comma; Wi-Fi&comma; Space Gray&rpar; &&num;8211&semi; 12&period;9&&num;8243&semi; Display<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0155OD1ME" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ratings nearly as dismal as Ms&period; Rousseff’s&period; Shifting the government to the right&comma; he named a cabinet without any female or Afro-Brazilian ministers&comma; outraging many in a country where nearly 51 percent of people define themselves as black or mixed race&comma; according to the 2010 census&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Several of the men named by Mr&period; Temer have already resigned under the cloud of scandal&comma; including his anti-corruption minister and his planning minister&comma; amid claims that they were trying to stymie investigations into the bribery engulfing the national oil company&comma; Petrobras&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"promo media video embedded layout-large-horizontal "><figcaption class&equals;"caption">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"headline"><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"headline"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-66383" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;renan-calheiros2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Renan Calheiros2&period;jpg" width&equals;"1524" height&equals;"1002" &sol;><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"headline">Brazilian Leaders Vote on Impeachment &&num;8211&semi; <span class&equals;"irc&lowbar;su" dir&equals;"ltr">Senate President Renan Calheiros  <&sol;span>announces the verdict<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"caption-video">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"summary-credit">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"summary"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-66361" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;senators-for-and-against-president-dilma-rousseff-spoke-at-her-impeachment-trial-rousseff-was-voted-out-of-office-with-a-61-20-vote91&period;png" alt&equals;"Senators for and against President Dilma Rousseff spoke at her impeachment trial&period; Rousseff was voted out of office with a 61-20 vote9&period;png" width&equals;"944" height&equals;"373" &sol;><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"summary"><strong>Senators for and against President Dilma Rousseff spoke at her impeachment trial&period; Rousseff was voted out of office with a 61-20 vote<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Temer himself was recently convicted on charges of violating campaign finance limits&comma; a conviction that could make him ineligible to run for office for eight years&period; Beyond that&comma; a construction executive has testified that Mr&period; Temer was the beneficiary of a &dollar;300&comma;000 bribe&comma; an assertion Mr&period; Temer disputes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0038MVFYC&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0038MVFYC&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;0532c01ed00172203bed166c63a4b3bc"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B0038MVFYC&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0038MVFYC" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0038MVFYC&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0038MVFYC&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;491b34fa965b996c239a1fe6bdb0e3c7">Pokemon HeartGold Version<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0038MVFYC" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">The impeachment effort has divided the nation and stirred passions on both sides&period; Toussef becomes the second of the four Brazilian presidents elected since Brazil’s democracy was re-established in the 1980s&comma; to resign due to the impeachment process&comma; after Fernando Collor de Mello&comma; in 1992<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s painfully obvious that Temer is a slap in the face to Brazilian democracy&comma;” said Creuza Maria Oliveira&comma; the president of the National Federation of Domestic Workers&comma; which represents millions of maids who benefited from the strengthening of labor laws by Ms&period; Rousseff&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dilma is a champion of the poor&comma;” said Ms&period; Oliveira&comma; who was among the supporters of Ms&period; Rousseff who accompanied her to the Senate this week&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Temer is a champion of his own political class&comma; which he wants to shield from justice&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Some prominent business and political figures in Brazil counter that Mr&period; Temer&comma; a former speaker in the lower house&comma; has the political skills needed to muster support in a fractious&comma; discredited Congress for ambitious measures aimed at increasing investment in the economy and easing a major pension crisis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-66334" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;president-dilma-rousseff-takes-notes-during-her-impeachment-trial1&period;png" alt&equals;"President Dilma Rousseff takes notes during her impeachment trial1" width&equals;"695" height&equals;"333" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><strong>Ballots are counted&period; Final scores was 61 &&num;8211&semi; 20<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00R3F5GSG&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00R3F5GSG&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;e1466066c13fe412ddde3d0db5053012"><img class&equals;" alignleft" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00R3F5GSG&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00R3F5GSG" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00R3F5GSG&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00R3F5GSG&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;83e4f66e0be6ad0f4add617ebcc4b08c">Samsung GC200 Galaxy Camera 2 &&num;8211&semi; 16&period;3 Megapixel CMOS&comma; 21x Optical Zoom&comma; Android 4&period;3&comma; WiFi and 4&period;8-inch Touchscreen LCD Display &&num;8211&semi; Black &lpar;Certified Refurbished&rpar;<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00R3F5GSG" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">The business class see it differently&period; &&num;8216&semi;Mr&period; Temer’s administration has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;all the conditions needed to embark on a new route&comma;”&&num;8217&semi; Philipp Schiemer&comma; the head of Mercedes-Benz’s operations in Brazil&comma; told reporters in recent days&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to decide if we want a Brazil like Venezuela or a Brazil inserted in the new world&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Still others&comma; including Ms&period; Rousseff&comma; contend that the ease with which the political elite shunted aside the president will bring more divisiveness and political tumult in Brazil&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is serious because other presidents of the republic will have to deal with this&comma;” Ms&period; Rousseff said this week in her testimony in the Senate&comma; comparing her ouster to the coups toppling Brazilian leaders throughout much of the 20th century&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If that isn’t political instability&comma; then I don’t know what is&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-66385" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;president-luiz-inc3a1cio-lula-da-silva2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva2&period;jpg" width&equals;"835" height&equals;"501" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"story-body-text story-content"><strong>Rousseff&&num;8217&semi;s predecessor&comma; President  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva&comma; watching Monday&&num;8217&semi;s impeachment hearings unfold<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Unlike many of the pro-impeachment politician&comma; Ms&period; Rousseff&comma; has not been accused of illegally enriching herself&period; Instead&comma; her trial revolved around a contentious legal question of whether she committed an impeachable offense by employing budgetary tricks to conceal yawning deficits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0115YKAVI&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0115YKAVI&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;f4923346eaeda79771bb6148278b30fd"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B0115YKAVI&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0115YKAVI" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0115YKAVI&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0115YKAVI&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;b0076dca980570537cc2e6d0e6e6395b">adidas Performance Men&&num;8217&semi;s Mana Bounce Running Shoe&comma;Vista Grey&sol;Black&sol;Semi Solar Slime&comma;8&period;5 M US<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0115YKAVI" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content">Ms&period; Rousseff repeatedly insisted that she did nothing illegal&comma; pointing out that her predecessors also manipulated the federal budget&period; Opponents argue that the scale of her administration’s transfers of funds between giant public banks&comma; to the tune of about &dollar;11 billion&comma; seriously eroded Brazil’s economic credibility and helped her get re-elected unfairly in 2014&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She expressed defiance throughout her trial&comma; insisting that Brazil’s economic crisis was largely the result of shifts in the global economy that cut commodities prices&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A bureaucrat from Brazil’s energy industry thrust into the limelight &comma; Ms&period; Rousseff had not held elected office until her predecessor&comma; Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva&comma; anointed her as his heir after other leaders in the Workers’ Party were tainted by a vote-buying scandal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized" data-original-width&equals;"620" data-carousel-extra&equals;'&lbrace;&quot&semi;blog&lowbar;id&quot&semi;&colon;1&comma;&quot&semi;permalink&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;https&colon;&bsol;&sol;&bsol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&bsol;&sol;2016&bsol;&sol;08&bsol;&sol;31&bsol;&sol;brazils-first-female-president-dilma-rousseff-ousted-as-senate-cast-impeachment-vote&bsol;&sol;&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;likes&lowbar;blog&lowbar;id&quot&semi;&colon;109460728&rcub;' itemscope itemtype&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schema&period;org&sol;ImageGallery" > <div class&equals;"gallery-row" style&equals;"width&colon; 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